Vacuum-cleaner.



I. L. GREEN. lVACUUM CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 261 1909.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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To all'whomtt may concern; I Be it known that 1,1m L..GREEN, .a citizen. of -the United States, and a resident of Ludlow, in the county of Windsor and State` of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Vacuum-Cleaners,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to yportable devices .for-removing dust and dirt from household articles and furnishings, and -it consists in the construction ofthe improvements in dust and dirt separators hereinafter set forth.

Referring to"' the drawings forming part of this'y specifica-tion, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a vacuum cleaner made inV accordance with my invention.

i Fig. 2 is a 4horizontal section on the line 'X--X in Fig. 1 of one ofthe members of the dust separating means. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the saine, but slightly .modified Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of the dust-viewing device introduced into the pipe which conducts the dust-laden air from the suction-nio'utlrto the dust-separator. i

The vacuum cleaner as a whole comprises a motor, here shown as an electric motor 1 adapted to operate a suctionproducing means, as aplun-ger pump 2; a suction or intake mout-li 3, connected with the dust separator; and initial dirt separator 4 for removing from the air current the larger particles ofthe dirt; and a dust separator 5 for removing from the air current all thev tank and consequently to insure that whatdust remaining therein.

The initial dirt separator 4 consists of an air tight tank 7 havingan annular partition 8 depending from within its top, a conical screen 9 and a conical defiectorlO; the screen lhaving its ybase secured to the top or cover 11, and its inverted apex supporting the conical defiector. The dust laden air from the mouth 3 enters the annular space between said partition and the interior of the tank, and passes out from the tank through.

horizontally to substantially the center of the tank, and thence turns vertically up ward, terminating in a jet-nozzle 16. vAbout VACUUM-CLEANER.

K v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 26, 1909. Serial No.

lPatented Nov. 30, 474,320.

of said sleeve is adapted for receiving an inrush of water from that within the tank. The method of thus receiving such inrush may be either by having the lower end open,

as shown in Fig. 3, oi' by forming openings'` 2O through it, as in Fig. 1. So, also, the

flange or delector 18 may be provided with a depending annular apron 21, as shown in Fig. 1, or be unprovided therewith, as in Fig. 3; but the former appears to give the most perfect results.

Close abovethe end of the sleeve 17 is .a cap 22 up against which the air and Wat/er is forced by the jet issuing from the nozzle 16, and thence thrown down upon the detlector 18, and outward to the surface of thel water within the tank. This serves to thoroughly intermix the dust-laden air and the water, and to thereby cause such dust to be entirely removed from the air andtaken u p by the water. lt is best to maintain the surface of the water in this tank just below the level of the outer edge of the defieetor 18, for the reason that if'the water is much lower some of the dust may have an opportunity to escape from its entangling water; while if the level is too high, the water will interfere with the' outrush of spray and moistened dust from the narrow slit between the under edge of the cap or breaker 22.

The purpose of the depending apron 21 is to cause the current of water from the devtiectorl@ down and back to the nozzle 16,

to descend more nearly to the` sides of the ever dust will .settle will be deposited farther from the inrushing water `passing to said nozzle.

To insure the proper level of the water in the tank 15, a pet-cock 24 is provided inthe side of thetank at such point.

The dust-viewing device, as shown in Fig.y

' which I desire Lettersljatent is as follows,

to Wit;-

.1. The combination with a suction producing means, of a Water tank having a' llO vertically discharging nozzle lbelow the surface of the water in said tank, a sleeve loosely surrounding said nozzle and terminating at its upper end just above the surface of such water, and a Cap located a short distance above said upper end.

Q. The combination with a suction producing means, of a water tank having a nozzle therein receiving the air current, a sleeve concentric with said nozzle communicating with the waterwithin the tank at one end and terminating at its opposite end in a radially extended flange.

3. The combination with a suction producing means, of a water tank having an upwardly opening nozzle receiving the air current, a sleeve surrounding said nozzle and opening at its lower end to the water 1n the tank, a flangeextending outward from the upper end of said sleeve, and a cap lo cated a short distance above the upper end of said sleeve. v

l4f. rlhe combination with a suction producing means, of'a water tank having an upwardly opening nozzle receiving the air current, a sleeve surrounding said nozzle and communicating at its lower end with the Water in Said tank, a flange extending outward from the upper end of said sleeve, a cap fixed above/said end, and an annular apron depending from the periphery of said flange. r

a. The combination with a suction produeing means, of' a water tank having an upwardly opening nozzle centrally located within it and receiving the air current, a sleeve surrounding said nozzle and columnnicating below the nozzle with the water 'within the tank, a slightly sloping flange ex- 'rounding said nozzle and receiving water at its lower end, an outwardly extended flange at the upper end of said sleeve, and a. cap fixed a short distance above the upper end of' said sleeve; said cap being conical in form.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, l have hereunto set my hand this 16th dav of January, 1909.

IRA L. GREEN.

lVitnesses F. L.- SMITH, H. E. FULLER. 

